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Interim leader James Connelly named new CEO of Health Alliance Plan

Health Alliance Plan didn't need to look far to seek out James Connelly to replace Bill Alvin as its new CEO. Connelly was CFO of Henry Ford Health System, HAP's parent company.

Effective immediately, Connelly takes over the state's second-largest health insurer after nearly a yearlong search to replace Alvin, 68, who was CEO for five years. Connelly had been HAP's interim CEO since October.

"Jim's accomplishments during the past 14 years with Henry Ford as CFO and treasurer have been instrumental to our success," Henry Ford CEO Nancy Schlichting said in a statement. "During Jim's tenure, the health system revenues doubled to $4.5 billion, and our assets grew from $2 billion to $3.5 billion. Henry Ford has been profitable for the past decade."

Until a permanent CFO for Henry Ford is found, Joe Schmitt has been appointed acting CFO of the health system. During the past 23 years, Schmitt has been CFO of HAP and the Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network.